This Airborne Laser gadget sounds potentially revolutionary.
Why are they only going to shoot it at ballistic missiles,
which are militarily insignificant, and not at the
high-value soft targets like the other side’s radar planes?
Revolutions are messy and expensive.
Fund your enemy’s revolution, never your own.
clue:
Of course ballistic missiles are politically important.
But they aren’t destructive enough to be militarily important,
unless they’re carrying nonconventional warheads.
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